Bookkeeping Courses

Study globally recognised bookkeeping courses at home or in the classroom with our award winning training providers: become an ICB certified bookkeeper and stand out from the crowd when applying for bookkeeping jobs or starting a bookkeeping business.

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Home study bookkeeping courses

Training Link

A dedicated team of fully qualified professionals specialising in the provision of affordable, quality assured home study ICB Bookkeeping courses. They have a proven track record in helping their students achieve their goals, regardless of previous qualifications or experience. For the second consecutive year, Training Link have picked up the much coveted ICB Accredited Training Provider of the Year Luca Award.

Their bookkeeping courses are provided in an easy to follow format with fast response tutor support combined with online supplementary lessons, tests and mock exams ensuring their students consistently attain high pass rates in their exams. The option to fast track your studies at no extra cost has proven very successful, with many students achieving full membership to ICB in less than six months.

Ideal Schools

For over 30 years Ideal Schools have specialised in offering bookkeeping & accounting courses and have helped tens of thousands of students achieve their goals and improve their earning potential.

Using their wealth of experience they are able to offer fully tutor supported home study courses for the full range of ICB bookkeeping courses and payroll qualifications. Significant discounts are available on Associate and Full Membership course packages and they will accept interest-free payments via monthly instalment. Course fees will include ICB Student Registration and online practice papers to ensure proper exam preparation.

Open Study College

Our flexible approach to ICB accredited bookkeeping courses and payroll qualifications lets you study from home, work, and just about anywhere else in the world. Students receive a comprehensive study package which includes all course materials, support from a personal tutor, ICB student membership, an NUS Extra discount card, free stationery and a CV writing service."Home learning with a difference"

e-Careers

Whether you’re just starting out on a career in bookkeeping, or are looking to build on your existing qualifications and experience, e-Careers offers a comprehensive range of engaging and affordable ICB courses, backed up by all the support you need for exam success.

All of our course materials are delivered online, allowing you to study whenever and wherever - be it on your mobile, tablet or PC.

You’ll have access to our team of specialised, fully qualified tutors, who will be on hand to provide you with dedicated support, expert guidance and valuable feedback every step of the way.

Apple Training Academy

We are a family-based training provider specialising in providing short courses and vocational qualifications. Our combined working experience in our specialist subjects amounts to well over 200 years!

Husband and wife team, Adrian and Julie Cook first formed the company in 2011, previously trading as Apple Learning. Julie is a Training and Development specialist with subject competencies in Health and Social Care, Child Care and Management. Adrian is a Business Development specialist. Following Julie’s redundancy from a training management role in Central London, they combined their skills to form Apple Training Academy.

Initially, the company concentrated on the delivery of a suite of health and social care courses. However, within 6 months this had increased to offering the NVQs. Over the last 5 years the company has increased the courses and qualifications it offers to cover childcare, management and assessment and increased its staff to nearly 40 across the country.

UK Open College

Qualifications in online bookkeeping are available to those students looking to further their career in this rewarding sector. Online bookkeeping courses leading to recognised qualifications can be obtained with complete flexibility from home with UK Open College:

Woodgrove Tutorials

"I feel that I should express my appreciation for the prompt feedback I have received from you for my completed assessments, both for this Course and the Level II course that preceded it, as well as for your speedy replies to my queries."Michael Dodds, AfICB.

"Having looked through various ICB Course Providers I feel confident that Woodgrove Tutorials would be the best option for me."Nick Elliott

We've been ICB Accredited Training Providers for the past 7 years. During this time our Students who passed their ICB exams passed with average marks above 94% (Distinction & Merit grades)!

Our ICB course tutors are vastly experienced, award-winning tutors.

An award-winning college offering very prompt feedback on assignments, with telephone and email support from your personal tutor 7 days a week. Their Principal, Brian J Harford FCCA,MICB,FIAB is a Chartered Certified Accountant with 37 years teaching experience in Bookkeeping & Accounts.

Woodgrove Tutorials are proud to offer a course written by Sage and mapped specifically to the ICB syllabus. Woodgrove's Sage 50 Courses include access to the online educational resource Moodle.org. This Sage e-learning portal gives ICB students the facility to collaborate, communicate and interact online, greatly enhancing the learning experience with video links and the option to view course materials as an e-book.

Woodgrove Tutorials has been recommended by Lord Alan Sugar who has said in the National Press ’I am more than happy to recommend your services’.

Ingenious Britain has been endorsed by Sir Richard Branson. As part of their preparations for Ingenious Britain Live!, Ingenious Britain recently conducted a search for ten Ingenious Britons. Fiona’s Business was awarded the prestigious accolade of being named as one of Britain’s 10 Ingenious Businesses!

National Extension College

The National Extension College (NEC) is a long-standing and highly regarded distance learning pioneer, offering opportunities for education to people for whom attending regular classes at a school or college would not be possible. NEC operates as a not-for-profit organisation and forms part of the Open School Trust, an educational charity.

Founded in 1963 as a pilot for the Open University, NEC has over 50 years of experience in developing flexible courses for individual home study or as part of bespoke programmes for training providers, schools and colleges, businesses and employers, and other organisations across the public and private sectors.

All NEC learners benefit from the support of a personal tutor and a course coordinator. Its wide choice of courses range from academic GCSEs and A Levels to professional accredited courses in Management and Childcare. Its courses in bookkeeping include:

ADL: Academy for Distance Learning

At ADL, your success is our priority.

The key to successfully passing any exam by distance learning first time round, is dependent on two sets of criteria: - Firstly, the quality and content of the course material and second, the level and amount of tutor and admin support available.

ADL's bookkeeping courses are written in a style of English that is simple, self-explanatory and easy to understand. In addition, you get lots of practical bookkeeping exercises to help you fully understand and be equipped to deal with the various bookkeeping procedures, needed for different business situations. Also, the course material is supported by plenty of exam practice, essential to your success.

However, the feedback you receive from your tutor at the end of each assignment and their commitment to you is the vital ingredient needed for your success. Their continuous support is your assurance that you will receive your ICB qualification in the shortest possible time. Contact with your personal tutor is unlimited and there are no extra hidden costs.

You can start your online course at any time and study from anywhere in the world. All course material is delivered online. Our tuition fees are very affordable, may be paid by instalments, and include the first year's membership of ICB, Assessment fees and a lot more....

ADL offers bookkeeping courses that lead to the ICB's examinations in:

"We are just writing to let you know we have received a very positive email from one of your students, Atu Patel. He was very pleased with the quality of his course material and the support he receives from his tutor Paul Evans. It is always great for the ICB to hear of such kind comments from students who are happy with their chosen training provider - keep up the good work! Kind regards." Member Services, ICB -Institute of Certified Bookkeepers, UK

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JDH Training & Consultancy Services

Whether you are looking for a job, or setting up your business we are sure that we have a course that suits you. We offer various levels of training in bookkeeping & payroll, so if you need to know the basics or want to improve your skills & performance, we will help you achieve your goals. Our trainers are accountants & bookkeepers in real life; therefore you can expect a high quality service from us – we really know what we are talking about.

We offer both distance learning and classroom training on the following ICB Bookkeeping Courses:

Souters

Souters has been providing professional training since 1988. They offer both classroom based study courses at their Central London training centre and distance learning. Their courses are taught by experienced financial professionals. Their testimonials demonstrate the large number of finance and office professionals that have gained from their quality training and qualifications.

Best Training - Horsham

Best Training was established in 1999. We are a family run, local training company that offers training in Bookkeeping and Microsoft Office software.

Best Training is a student focused company with a high tutor to student ratio to ensure that students’ questions are answered quickly. (usually within the hour during office hours).

We continue to run our popular manual bookkeeping courses for level 1 and level 2 for the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers bookkeeping exams. Plus we have the computerised accounts course at level 2 for those that wish to become a fully qualified book keeper.

Classroom based bookkeeping courses

JDH Training & Consultancy Services

Whether you are looking for a job, or setting up your business we are sure that we have a course that suits you. We offer various levels of training in bookkeeping & payroll, so if you need to know the basics or want to improve your skills & performance, we will help you achieve your goals. Our trainers are accountants & bookkeepers in real life; therefore you can expect a high quality service from us – we really know what we are talking about.

We offer both distance learning and classroom training on the following ICB Bookkeeping Courses:

Souters

Souters has been providing professional training since 1988. They offer both classroom based study courses at their Central London training centre and distance learning. Their courses are taught by experienced financial professionals. Their testimonials demonstrate the large number of finance and office professionals that have gained from their quality training and qualifications.